Borderlands 4 Bug Foils Randy Pitchford’s Loot-Sharing Tip — Patch Incoming

Borderlands 4 came out swinging, smashing series records in its first 24 hours. You wouldn’t know it from Randy Pitchford’s Twitter feed, though, which quickly turned into a sideshow of tech support, spicy replies, and one very funny self-own involving a busted in-game vending machine.

The Black Market moment

Here’s the setup. A player asked Gearbox to retune Maurice’s Black Market so it’s easier to scoop up more items, since every player sees a different inventory. Pitchford jumped in with some… community-driven advice: party up, share your weekly rolls, and hop between each other’s games to grab the good stuff. Solid tip in theory. In practice, someone immediately pointed out a bug that locks players out of those very machines in multiplayer.

'Game that shit.'

'Get in a group of people who post their rolls every week and jump into each other’s games to get the gear you want.'

'Well, shit.'

That last bit was on October 3, 2025. To his credit, Pitchford came back the next day to say the issue is a confirmed, known bug, already fixed internally and slated for an update within the next two weeks. So if you’ve been blocked from those machines in co-op, relief is on the way.

Meanwhile, on Randy’s timeline

All of this landed during what I can only describe as a full-tilt Twitter crashout. In the earliest days of launch, Pitchford mixed pep talks with customer service and a few eyebrow-raising replies. He pushed back on complaints about performance (the vibe was basically: performance isn’t bad, your expectations are), told one unhappy player to 'please get a refund from Steam if you aren’t happy,' and dropped a very human-core line about how he bets people have 'emotions and expectations' that feel unattended to. He also tried to troubleshoot issues directly — sometimes helping, sometimes, well, not helping.

So how’s the game actually doing?

Short answer: strong, with qualifiers. Despite that record-breaking first day, analyst reports say Borderlands 4’s launch was 'not as explosive as its predecessors.' The upside: a 'strong' start on Steam and 'steady console sales' suggest this one is positioned for 'long legs' — especially once discounts start rolling in.

The quick timeline

• Launch: Borderlands 4 breaks series records in its first 24 hours.
• Early days: Pitchford’s Twitter turns into on-the-fly tech support and pointed replies about performance and refunds.
• October 3, 2025: He tells players to 'game that shit' by sharing Black Market rolls, then learns a bug blocks the machines in multiplayer and replies, 'well, shit.'
• The next day: He confirms it’s a known bug, says it’s fixed internally, and promises a patch within two weeks.
• Analysts: Launch 'not as explosive as its predecessors' but with a 'strong' Steam start and 'steady console sales,' the game looks set for long legs, especially once discounts kick in.

Inside baseball takeaway: the Black Market workaround is smart, and it’ll actually work once that co-op machine bug gets patched. Until then, maybe don’t rearrange your loot farming schedule around it.